We've safely arrived in Guatemala! The countryside is unbelievable, the people are awesome, and tomorrow we get to start Kaqchikel classes!
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| The view as we descended towards Guatemala City |
We arrived at La Aurora airport in Guatemala City and met up with our shuttle group to head over to the hotel.
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| Hotel room view! |
We enjoyed a nice dinner and then headed to bed so that we could get up the next morning to take the bus to Patzún, where we will be spending the month working on our research. We enjoyed our two hour drive to Patzún accompanied by Ted's 1980's Trivial Pursuit game and beautiful mountain vistas.
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| beautiful mountains everywhere |
When we arrived in Patzún, we headed to Pedro's house where we had lunch. Apparently, today was a celebration to mark the end of the
feria which had taken place for the past week. Pedro ushered us outside to watch the processional and see the dancers.
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| Meeting Pedro |
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| The processional passes by Pedro's house |
We then arrived at our respective host family's houses and had the evening to get to know them and prepare for the month ahead!
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| Welcome, Ted! |
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| Welcome, Nancy! |
The plan is to take two weeks of classes at
Asociación Renacimiento, a local NGO, in Kaqchikel and then have two weeks of mentored research working with language consultants in the area. After we settle in, we'll have more information forthcoming about our research and experiences in Guatemala.
We then arrived at our respective host family's houses and had the evening to get to know them and prepare for the month ahead!
